AWS has expanded Web Search on Amazon Bedrock with External Web Access, enabling supported models to retrieve content directly from the public web for time-sensitive information. Developers can enable the capability by granting the bedrock-websearch:ExternalWebAccess IAM permission, with external web access enabled by default.
This supports use cases such as live pricing, recent sports scores, and newly published documentation. Organizations handling sensitive information can disable external access, keeping retrieval within AWS using Amazon’s web index and knowledge graph with zero data egress.
The capability is available in US East Virginia, US East Ohio, and US West Oregon regions.
